Padmini Kapila Gets Emotional On Losing Film Roles To Contemporaries Shabana Azmi & Zeenat Aman | Exclusive Interview Byte

In an exclusive interview with senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan for Lehren Retro, versatile actress Padmini Kapila gets emotional while talking about the films & roles she lost to her contemporaries including Zeenat Aman, Shabana Azmi & Parveen Babi! The artist reveals in a never before seen way that the latter was never recommended for any mega hit movies by her close co-stars & directors like Navin Nischol & Prakash Mehra. Kapila also expresses her regret of not starring in Dev Anand's venture & recalls some of the untold professional mistakes committed by her in early days of career... #padminikapila #zeenataman #shabanaazmi #devanand #prakashmehra #navinnischol #paminikapilainterview #parveenbabi

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00:00Every big dream to complete the first step is necessary

00:04And the first step is the name

00:08Idea

00:14Idea Bars

00:15This is coming from ZTV and Z5

00:30When I said your career, you were unlucky in some places

00:36I missed out on a lot of good films, Bharti

00:39I don't want to repeat it

00:40No, don't repeat it

00:41But I wanted to ask you, Padmini Kapila, what advice do you give to Padmini Kapila?

00:50Would you have told her that you don't do the film, Devan, for 36 hours

00:57And don't do that because you have chosen all the wrong films

01:02Because I know that you have a choice

01:05You know Bharti, the films are a game

01:07The films I worked and didn't do well

01:10And the ones I left, begins

01:13Correct, correct

01:14And this is also that Devanand has offered you at the same time

01:20When it was 36 hours

01:22And you didn't do 36 hours

01:25And Parveen Bhabi did it

01:27And then that film also didn't do, Devanand

01:29And Devanand's film also didn't do

01:31Yeah, for personal reasons

01:33So I just feel, is there anything that you would like to tell that Padmini Kapila?

01:39Because there are a lot of young people in your place

01:42See, if I rewind my life now, if I get a chance

01:48I'll be more professional and I don't think I'll make the same mistakes

01:55Choices shall we talk about?

01:57I mean career choices

01:59Because I think Mohan Saigal

02:03Jinnohunne aapko break diya tha

02:05Us time Mohan Saigal was a very big name

02:07Yes

02:09Jinnohunne saavan bhaadog kiya tha

02:13Which was a blockbuster film

02:15And that's why Naveen Nishra and Rekha are stars

02:18Yeah, they are big stars

02:19So, after that, when they saw you

02:23And they signed you

02:25Everybody felt that you will also be the next Rekha

02:27Or Naveen Nishra in the bracket

02:30But that didn't happen

02:31Because their films didn't happen

02:34Am I right?

02:35Right

02:36Jinnohunne aapko intazaar tiya

02:39Bhoat intazaar tiya

02:40Intazaar kariya

02:42I know, that's true

02:43In fact, they didn't give you a wrong advice

02:47Because they told you

02:48Don't audition for Laila Majnu

02:51Yeah, Laila Majnu, he said

02:52You're already working, don't go

02:55I said, okay

02:56Hirapanna don't do because Zenith is there

02:59Okay

02:59Lekin Rakhi nai kiya

03:00And Rakhi ko bhoat acclaim mila tha

03:04Because it was a good role

03:05Very good

03:06Of Devanand's ex-girlfriend

03:08Former girlfriend

03:10Bhoat bhoat achchi role thi ho

03:12And Rakhi nai khob

03:14Achcha, nibhaya baos ko

03:15So, is there anything else

03:17Chaysse yeh Devanand ki film

03:20Aapne choose kiya

03:22Jo ultimately banhi nahi aapte saath

03:25And I think Shabana got that role

03:27Yeah

03:28And then you said no to Chhati's Ghante

03:31And Parveen Babi took that

03:33And that did well for her

03:34Even though that was also not such a big hit

03:36But she did well in it

03:39So, another film, Ek Baar Pher

03:40It was a small film

03:42Vinod Pandey

03:43And he was after me

03:45Please do this film

03:46Please do the film

03:47I said

03:49Okay but

03:50I read the script

03:50There was one scene

03:51Which was very

03:52You know

03:53Very bold

03:54So, I said

03:55If you

03:56I can't do this

03:57Eventually it was done

03:58There also in the film

03:59You know

04:00I had taken a ticket in black

04:01And taken a picture

04:03Ultimately

04:04I said

04:04Let me see

04:05What is the film

04:06And I liked the film

04:07Yeah

04:07It was a good film

04:09So

04:10For those days

04:10It was a path breaking film

04:12Yeah

04:13Yeah

04:13That scene was a bit too bold

04:15You know

04:15The hero putting his hand on my

04:18Whatever

04:18I said

04:19No, I can't do it

04:21So you had inhibitions

04:22You mean

04:23You didn't want to do certain things

04:26No, but

04:26At that time

04:27You know

04:28I was pretty young

04:28And I didn't want to

04:30Do such a bold scene

04:32You know

04:32You were uncomfortable

04:33Yeah

04:34Okay

04:35And

04:36Just like you said

04:36That scene is not in the picture

04:38Not in the picture

04:39Just see

04:41Yeah

04:42But I see

04:42You must have missed out

04:43On quite a few opportunities

04:44No?

04:46Plenty

04:46Yeah

04:47Yeah

04:47Where the choices are wrong

04:49You know

04:50Whatever

04:52What would you have liked

04:53To have set right

04:55In your career?

04:58See, I got distracted

05:00Initially

05:00That was wrong

05:01I also felt

05:01That was wrong

05:02That was wrong

05:03I also felt

05:04Because

05:04In those days

05:05She was not serious

05:08About her work

05:08She is getting distracted

05:09Yeah

05:10You know

05:11So I think

05:13Yes

05:14Now when I look back

05:16I think

05:16I did get a bit distracted

05:18You don't have to pay attention to your career

05:21Yes

05:21What you need to do

05:24And then

05:25You know

05:26At that time

05:27I don't want to mention any names

05:28But when people were

05:30Totally

05:30Like

05:31Even if

05:32No, you had

05:33Veena Taman

05:33You had Shabana

05:34They were all very career oriented

05:36Absolutely

05:36Even the

05:38The guy

05:40Their friends and all

05:41Like professionally

05:42They were very strong together with them

05:44In my case

05:45I didn't get that

05:48But they

05:48All their heroes

05:50Used to recommend them

05:51And you know

05:53Here on the contrary

05:55I don't think

05:58Naveen helped your career in any way

05:59In any way

06:00That's what I'm telling you

06:02So I was unlucky

06:04And even

06:04Prakash Mairav

06:05You may say

06:06He was a nice guy

06:07And all that

06:08But

06:08He also did not give you the best

06:11He also did not give you the best

06:15I realized that

06:19He said somebody

06:23He was discussing with somebody

06:29Oh

06:30And that hurt me a lot

06:32Towards the end

06:33I was very hurt

06:34You know

06:34Yeah

06:34You can't talk like that

06:35You can't talk like that

06:36And what is it that you can't talk like that

06:37And what is it that you can't talk like that

06:39Exactly

06:40There's a saying

06:41And what are you doing

06:42That if you have a bird

06:43Open the cage

06:44If the bird goes

06:46It's not yours

06:47And if it comes back

06:48It's yours

06:49So I mean

06:50You have that kind of an attitude

06:52And

06:53That I got to know much later

06:57By then it was too late

07:00Because I know that

07:02Some of the girls that you mentioned

07:03Or I mentioned

07:04They were very professional

07:05In their friendships

07:08They did not come in the way of their career

07:11Even that was professional

07:13Everything was professional

07:14Exactly

07:15But in your life

07:16Naveen was a distraction

07:18Yeah

07:19Yeah

07:19Prakash Mehta was a distraction

07:20Yeah

07:21These people have never helped you

07:23No help at all

07:25Yeah

07:25Is there any film that

07:28Which you missed out

07:29And which you wish you had done

07:32All these

07:33All these

07:33Yeah

07:34First of all

07:35Heerapanna

07:36I should have done

07:37Raki

07:38Then I would have done

07:402-3 movies with Devsar

07:41Devsar

07:42You know

07:42Yeah

07:43And

07:44So many

07:48But what was

07:49What was

07:50Zenitha Aman scared of

07:52Ask her

07:54I don't know

07:54Because it's

07:58You know

07:59I don't know

08:00Insecurities of the girlfriend

08:02I suppose

08:02Yeah

08:03Because

08:04Devsar

08:04Was quite

08:05Used to call me

08:06Pami

08:06Never

08:08Padbini

08:08Pami

08:09And the same

08:11Character

08:12Ka naam bhi Pami

08:13Shabana is called

08:14Pami in the film

08:15Ishk Ishk

08:15I felt very flattered

08:16Chalo mera naam to hai

08:19So

08:20I don't know

08:20He used to keep saying

08:21That oh you're so tall

08:22You're so glamorous

08:23Why did you do this

08:24Intazaar and all that

08:25That's not your film

08:27You like yourself

08:28He used to ask me

08:29I said yeah

08:30He's saying no

08:32This is not what

08:33You should not be introduced

08:34In such

08:35You know

08:35With your looks

08:36And your height

08:36So I guess

08:39I don't know

08:39Maybe he mentioned

08:40That to her

08:41And she said no

08:42I think

08:43Keep her away

08:44Or whatever

08:45Do I like Zeedanth

08:47Oh yeah

08:47She's a nice person

08:48She's a nice person

08:49Extremely nice person

08:50Yeah

08:50I like her

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